Dr. Susan Davies

Dr.
Susan Davies is Professor Emerita in the Department of Family Health Care
School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, as well as Professor
and Senior Scholar at the University of Victoria, Canada. She is an
international expert in the areas of dying, death, and bereavement; her areas
of expertise include the care of patients and families with life-threatening
illness and child and family bereavement. The overall focus of her research is
the care of families with life-threatening illness, including cancer, and
bereavement in families, particularly siblings, following a child's death. She
is past-president of the International Work Group on Death, Dying and
Bereavement and serves on the editorial board of several significant journals.
She is a recipient of the Canadian Nurses Association Centennial Award
and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association 2008 Distinguished Career
Achievement Award. Dr. Davies is a distinguished clinician, author, and
leader with a distinguished record of sustained contributions.